Great amphibian zoos in Europe?

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I would be interested to hear "amphibian opinions" about European zoos and public terrarium houses. Where one can see plenty of amphibians, or especially nice amphibian displays?

To start the discussion, I'll present my personal favourites. Number one in my list is Rotterdam Blijdorp Zoo in the Netherlands. There are large anura and caudata sections in Rivièrahal building, but also splendid amphibian terrariums in other parts of the zoo. Especially "caudatawice" Rotterdam is great.
Number two in my list is Berlin Zoo Aquarium, with tens of species in beautiful terrariums.
 
Vivarium Chemnitz in Germany has one of the best selections of amphibians I've seen in Europe, plus they breed newts behind the scenes. Having said that, the rest of the "zoo" is so-so/not very impressive (at least not when I was last there in 2000/2001).
 
I'd like to put in a vote for the Reptielenzoo at Vlissingen in the Netherlands, I'ver seen some excellent caudata tanks there too, though I haven't been there for about ten years.
 
Madrid´s Zoo has some interesting terrariums, but the last time i was there the species were the usual thing....dartfrogs, a few Megophrys...nothing much. I don´t know if it has inproven since i last saw it...
The terrariums are beautiful though....
 
Marwell Zoo in the UK has some amphibians on display, but their new amphibian conservation centre has big look through windows so the public can watch the action. Most amphibians aren't great display animals as far as the general zoo-going public are concerned.
 
I went to Chemnitz Tierpark in August after reading about it here. If you're interested, here are some photos:
http://s917.photobucket.com/albums/ad15/evut22/Chemnitz%20ZOO/?albumview=slideshow
It was quite difficult to take pictures of the amphibians especially because the tanks have a couple of inches of metal in the bottom part where the creatures mostly like to spend their time.

By the way, I live in the UK so I also looked up Marwell...entry costs between £12 (off peak) to £18.
Chemnitz was 4 Euro...
 
Thank you, Otterwoman, I'm glad you liked the pictures.

Joonas, I'm not sure how many amphibians I saw there but I wouldn't be surprised if it was 70 or near that figure. I'm really not sure though.
They have 3 rooms - one tropical, quite large, where they keep mainly frogs. The 2 cooler ones are a lot smaler and have newts, salamanders and axolotls.
Perhaps you could contact the zoo and ask them if you want to be sure.
 
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